MIXED OUTCOMES: Kenyan marathoners post various results with Kipsang, Kimetto and Mutai shining

Marathon winners Wilson Kipsang (left) and Florence Kiplagat after winning the 40th edition of the Berlin Marathon in September.[PHOTO: AFP]

It was a mixed year for Kenyan marathoners in 2013 as three male athletes breast the tape under the 2:04 threshold considered to be the benchmark for the ultimate distance race.

After disappointing at the 2012 London Olympics where he went in as the overwhelming bet for the gold medal, Wilson Kipsang closed 2013 as the AIMS Male Marathoner of the Year at the back of his astonishing 2:03.23 world record set in Berlin on September 29.